JP2003521596A - Infants for infants - Google Patents

Abstract

The apron 10 of the present invention is used in conjunction with the pacifier 12 to prevent the pacifier from slipping out of the child's mouth or to ensure that the pacifier can be captured in close proximity to the child's head. Have been. The apron for this purpose can be formed by bending the soft-cloth cases 16, 18 into a certain shape, being plastically deformable so as to last longer and standing up against the stop disc of the pacifier 12. Appearing as a supported support, this stop disk is located outside the use position and is held against the child's lips.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an infant apron and / or a bib for small children who use a pacifier but cannot normally be put back in their mouth when the pacifier is removed.

[0002]

[Prior art]

The type of apron to which the invention itself is concerned is the conventional apron, generally in the form of a cloth or plastic to protect clothing against drooling or spilling food. Such an apron is provided with fixing means,
This fixing means is, for example, in the form of two fixing bands, one provided at each of the upper corners of the rectangular apron, which can be tied or connected to one another in any easily releasable manner.

Infants often wear aprobes when eating, but some infants and other very small children often return food at night, so the use of aprobes causes them to sleep. Even after I went to bed because of that, of course it was done.

In order to support the pacifier from coming out very easily, in order to be supported by the mouth of the infant in the use position, first, the apron is wrinkled or molded so as to exert a specific supporting effect. However, empirically, each time the child turns his or her head, the apron will move out of its support position, thereby incapacitating and preventing the pacifier from falling out.

A child who has lost a pacifier usually gets up and makes some noise. This prevents parents from having a break every night.

US Pat. No. 5,666,665 discloses elements added to a flat apron for infants. The element is in the form of a roll of cloth that absorbs liquids and milk and is attached to the upper end of the apron, but when the child is fed milk from the feeding bottle, there is excess milk at some point. If that happens, it will probably run away.

US Pat. Nos. 5,312,282 and 4,473,907 disclose an apron in which the feeding bottle is mounted and held in place by the apron so that a child can suck on the nipple of the feeding bottle. These coupled nipples and feeding bottles are best suited for older infants, but are not known in relation to pacifiers.

A plurality of replaceable front pieces on the apron are described, for example, in US Pat. No. 5,490,28.
It is known from No. 9 and the like, and here, Velcro (registered trademark) tape is used as the connecting means. A removable outer front piece with great absorption properties will now be described. The inner front piece, whose upper part is covered by the removable / replaceable front piece, has a lower, open and uncovered pocket on the lower side, which is due to the outer absorbent front piece. Means the acceptance of food scraps and the like that are not captured by absorption.

US Pat. No. 4,694,510 and European Patent Application Publication No. 0 524 325 A1 show aprobes provided in another way.

[0010] Each of the aprons briefly described above must be properly positioned in the child's mouth such that the pacifier slipped out of the mouth cannot be put back into the mouth even when the apron is in the immediate vicinity of the child's head or hand. It does not have the inherent properties that make it easy to maintain a curved shape for the purpose of supporting and holding pacifiers.

[0011]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, the basic object of the invention is to provide an apron of the type specified in the preamble of claim 1. That is, it is folded and molded with sufficient conformity to prevent the pacifier from inadvertently dropping from the child's mouth and to provide efficient and permanent support for the pacifier in the child's mouth. It has characteristics. here,
The expression "permanent support" means that the apron maintains a bent shape that supports the pacifier in the circumstances normally expected for the apron.

According to the invention, this object is realized in that the apron is formed in accordance with the characterizing part of claim 1.

According to the invention, the apron is plastically deformable and thus maintains its bent pacifier support shape.

Multiple layers with plastically deformable foils to provide an apron with the desired plastically deformable properties required for the purposes of the present invention, based on readily available materials such as, for example, aluminum foil. Of the insert is wrapped in an outer case of a soft, deformable, sheet-like cloth or plastic material, such as two layers of cotton fabric, the outer case having multiple layers of inserts of metal foil therebetween. Are sewn together along the abutted peripheral edge portion to seal the.

The apron manufactured in this way can also be provided with fixing means, for example two conventional ribbons attached to the two corners of the apron. If desired or necessary, the apron, in addition to the perimeter seams, can also be provided with vertical and / or horizontal seams in order to better retain the layers of foil inserted inside the cotton case.

Although known per se, the basic apron can also be sewn with Velcro® tape to attach a conventional apron on its front.

Due to the plastically deformable insert, the apron constructed according to the invention can be bent to obtain a raised support end. This support end opposes a stop disc, or a ring attached to the stop disc, which is placed outside the pacifier, i.e. outside the child's lips, so that the child can fall asleep and the suction needed to keep the pacifier in his mouth. It is a support method that prevents the child from falling out of his / her mouth even when the force is not constantly applied. As mentioned above, this concerns infants or very young children who cannot be properly returned if the pacifier falls out of their mouth.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

A non-limiting example of a preferred embodiment is described below with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing dimensionally inaccurate, for example the so-called basic drawing. apron(
Apron in the form of a front piece attachment, in which one lower corner of the upper cotton layer of the outer case is broken to expose the intercalation layer of aluminum foil.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a similar apron in use, in which the excised corners of the outer case are sharp corners for visualization of the overlying foil layer. The multiple aluminum foil layers are shown, slightly broken and overlying each.

FIGS. 3-5 show the apron in a position of use in a schematic side view, in which the apron portion is bent in order to achieve certain effects and effects, FIGS. Corresponding to the method of FIG. 2, showing the apron bent at the top, FIG.
It shows a bent apron with a technique that improves the ability of the apron to collect bread and other debris from the child's diet.

[0021]   In the figures, the reference numeral 10 generally designates an apron according to the invention.

2-4, reference numeral 12 indicates a pacifier, which is in use and is typically represented by a stop disc, which is located in the position of use opposite the lips of the child. Keeps and prevents the nipple-like suction member of the pacifier from being swallowed. Such pacifiers are often provided with a fixed ring in the center of the stop disc.

The apron 10 is provided with a conventional fastening ribbon 14, both free ends of which are tied together at the child's neck or by other means, for example by Velcro® tape. Be connected.

The apron 10 has an outer case composed of an upper layer 16 and a lower layer 18. Between the two layers 16, 18 made of cotton fabric or other soft deformable cloth or plastic material, seven adjoined aluminum foils 20e, 20f, 20g,
20a, 20b, 20c, 20d are inserted and these aluminum foils are exposed when the upper layer of cotton fabric of the apron case 10 is cut away, as shown in the lower corners of the apron shown by breaking in FIG. It

After the inserts 20a-20g are located between the upper and lower layers, the upper and lower layers 16 and 18 of the apron case are sewn together along the outer peripheral edge in a manner that is connected to each other or the case. Is made of meltable plastic,
For example, they are connected to each other by welding, fusion bonding or the like.

The seam along the peripheral edge is indicated by 22 in FIG. Intermediate longitudinal / lateral seams 24/26 may be provided.

In order to maintain the shape of the apron that is intentionally folded, plastically deformable aluminum foil inserts 20a-20g are utilized to transform the soft cotton layers 16 and 18 of the apron case into their easy deformation. Folds and forms foils 20a-20g depending on the nature.

2-4 of the drawings, the apron 10 is folded at the top so as to have a raised support portion in order to keep the position of the pacifier 12 so that it cannot be inadvertently pulled out (see in particular FIG. 4). Curved and molded. This support portion presses against the stop disk of the pacifier 12 when it is about to slip out of the child's mouth, thereby preventing it, but formed upward by the upper end 10A.

The pacifier support portion of the apron faces the position immediately outside the pacifier 12 and is on the path through which the pacifier tries to get out of the child's mouth (FIG. 4). The pacifier should of course fall out, but the supporting part molded just under the raised upper end 10A could in most cases be caught before the pacifier leaves the immediate vicinity of the child's head.

The front piece (cotton layer 16) of the apron 10 is not shown in further detail, but for attachment to a child's normal apron or one other than a number of different apron front pieces (not shown). Velcro tape may be provided for attachment. In use, the topmost case layer 16 may be provided with a decoration which is preferably common to the apron.

Of course, the fastening ribbon 14 or other coupling means may be extended such that the front piece of such a removable apron remains the basic apron. in this case,
It is important that the basic apron have Velcro tape or other fastening means for connecting to the front piece of the apron.

FIG. 5 shows the additional function of the plastically deformable and bendable apron 10 according to the invention. In the position of use, the lower free part of the apron 10 here forms a so-called collecting groove 10B for bread crumbs and other debris from the child's meal,
It is bent upward.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an apron according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a usage state of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a usage state of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view showing a usage state of the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment of the apron according to the present invention.

[Procedure for Amendment] Submission for translation of Article 34 Amendment of Patent Cooperation Treaty

[Submission date] May 7, 2002 (2002.5.7)

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be amended] Claims

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

[Claims]

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A fabric layer (16, 18) or fabric layer, which preferably has a soft surface, is provided with fastening means (14) for placing an apron around the child's neck, or said fastening. An apron, the means of which are provided to be connected to another extended apron / apron element, characterized in that the apron (10) can be plastically deformed, either completely or partially. 2. The apron (10) is formed of upper and lower layers of cloth, and has a flat case (16, 18) with outer closure joined along the overlapped outer peripheral portion, and a plurality of plastically deformable ones. An apron according to claim 1, having a layer foil insert (20a-20g). 3. A plurality of, for example, seven, generally identical aluminum foils (20a-20g) are stacked on each other in the insert member, and the outer ends of the insert members are the cases (16, 18).
The apron according to claim 2, which is fixedly held in position inside.